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So this is my situation, this post may be a bit long but I hope someone knowledgeable here will sift through it and help me out.
I just finished my first "cycle", if you even want to call it that, about a week ago. I ran Test-E for 3 weeks, but the sides became too much for me to the point where I decided to just stop the cycle and get on with my PCT. I front-loaded 1g of test the first week and 500mg each week after, in retrospect I should've just done 500mg each week without the frontload, but what's done is done.
I started developing gyno, but I started taking arimidex before it got worse and that took care of it, so that's not really a side effect that's bothering me.
The sides that I'm more concerned with are hair loss and hot flashes. As far as I know, I'm not prone to MPB, my dad still has a full head of hair, but I don't really know anyone on my moms side so I guess I could be. About two weeks into my cycle I started noticing areas of my hair where I could see my hair thinning in random places. On top of my head, on the side, if I pushed my hair back I could see a random bald spot or two, etc. I don't even know if it's possible to lose hair due to DHT from the test this early in a cycle, so maybe it was just stress causing it, I wouldn't doubt my body was under a lot of stress with all the hot flashes I was having. I've been looking into using finasteride, I don't know if it's really necessary, but maybe it's something I should incorporate into my next cycle. I really do not want to lose my hair, not that I was ever one to care about my hair much, but I would look ridiculous if I did.
The other side effect that was almost unbearable was the hot flashes. I was CONSTANTLY hot. Every night I would go to sleep with the house temperature at 60, both fans in my room on high, and still wake up in a pool of my own sweat. To make this worse, my face was constantly red, I looked like I had a sunburn or like I had just finished running a mile every minute of the day.
One factor to take into consideration was that the test-e I had was sitting around my house for over a year before I used it, but I don't really know if that matters or not. I made sure to keep it in a cool, dry place. I know it affects the potency when you don't use it for that long, but I don't know if it would cause any sides.
Short version:
a) would the test cause hair loss due to DHT this early in a cycle or was it just stress?
b) is there anything i can do to stop the hot flashes/redness of my face? or at least reduce the severity of it?
Thanks for any help guys, I really want to run a cycle, but I just can't bring myself to do it with these sides
I just finished my first "cycle", if you even want to call it that, about a week ago. I ran Test-E for 3 weeks, but the sides became too much for me to the point where I decided to just stop the cycle and get on with my PCT. I front-loaded 1g of test the first week and 500mg each week after, in retrospect I should've just done 500mg each week without the frontload, but what's done is done.
I started developing gyno, but I started taking arimidex before it got worse and that took care of it, so that's not really a side effect that's bothering me.
The sides that I'm more concerned with are hair loss and hot flashes. As far as I know, I'm not prone to MPB, my dad still has a full head of hair, but I don't really know anyone on my moms side so I guess I could be. About two weeks into my cycle I started noticing areas of my hair where I could see my hair thinning in random places. On top of my head, on the side, if I pushed my hair back I could see a random bald spot or two, etc. I don't even know if it's possible to lose hair due to DHT from the test this early in a cycle, so maybe it was just stress causing it, I wouldn't doubt my body was under a lot of stress with all the hot flashes I was having. I've been looking into using finasteride, I don't know if it's really necessary, but maybe it's something I should incorporate into my next cycle. I really do not want to lose my hair, not that I was ever one to care about my hair much, but I would look ridiculous if I did.
The other side effect that was almost unbearable was the hot flashes. I was CONSTANTLY hot. Every night I would go to sleep with the house temperature at 60, both fans in my room on high, and still wake up in a pool of my own sweat. To make this worse, my face was constantly red, I looked like I had a sunburn or like I had just finished running a mile every minute of the day.
One factor to take into consideration was that the test-e I had was sitting around my house for over a year before I used it, but I don't really know if that matters or not. I made sure to keep it in a cool, dry place. I know it affects the potency when you don't use it for that long, but I don't know if it would cause any sides.
Short version:
a) would the test cause hair loss due to DHT this early in a cycle or was it just stress?
b) is there anything i can do to stop the hot flashes/redness of my face? or at least reduce the severity of it?
Thanks for any help guys, I really want to run a cycle, but I just can't bring myself to do it with these sides
